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Damned commercial-only music.
Sep. 18th, 2010 12:00 amYeah, the song in the "Deliver Hope" commercial for Halo Reach is commercial-exclusive, and wasn't done by Marty O'Donnell, which means my chances of getting an official version that's sound effect-free are nil. Which sucks SO hard, because it's a beautiful song. It's all piano and soft vocals, with a little bit of snare drum and minor strings. I could ask the production company (called Human) nicely, but they're probably gotten a bunch of requests already and probably won't release it, according to someone on HBO.
Nyeh, I hate it when music I like is used solely for commercials. I was able to get around it in one case (thank you, Mercedes, for having the song on your website during the promotion, so I could nab it and work it into a decent-sized song with Audacity! :D), but it's looking grim with this one. I never got that song that was used in the Scion commercial, either. I don't think there's a way to separate the music from the sound effects, and the song's short enough that editing it will only work so much. I could use the extended version's, but it cuts off at one point, and sound effects. I want a clean one.
AND, G4 is now confusing me. The Reach OST is out. Great. I previewed some on iTunes. I'm now previewing the same tracks on Sumthing Digital's website (it's using different 30-second intros, I think), because G4 posted three songs, two of which have titles that are NOT on the OST. And both of them are pretty darn cool, but one ("Unreconciled") is awesome. It's probably in the middle of one of the tracks somewhere, but it's long enough to be standalone; a bit over three minutes. Hopefully it's there, because I bought it and I'm downloading it right now. XD;
Nyeh, I hate it when music I like is used solely for commercials. I was able to get around it in one case (thank you, Mercedes, for having the song on your website during the promotion, so I could nab it and work it into a decent-sized song with Audacity! :D), but it's looking grim with this one. I never got that song that was used in the Scion commercial, either. I don't think there's a way to separate the music from the sound effects, and the song's short enough that editing it will only work so much. I could use the extended version's, but it cuts off at one point, and sound effects. I want a clean one.
AND, G4 is now confusing me. The Reach OST is out. Great. I previewed some on iTunes. I'm now previewing the same tracks on Sumthing Digital's website (it's using different 30-second intros, I think), because G4 posted three songs, two of which have titles that are NOT on the OST. And both of them are pretty darn cool, but one ("Unreconciled") is awesome. It's probably in the middle of one of the tracks somewhere, but it's long enough to be standalone; a bit over three minutes. Hopefully it's there, because I bought it and I'm downloading it right now. XD;
